The most important part of a story is the ending.
Mort Rainey, a writer just emerging from a painful divorce with his ex-wife, is stalked at his remote lake house by a psychotic stranger and would-be scribe who claims Rainey swiped his best story idea. But as Rainey endeavors to prove his innocence, he begins to question his own sanity.
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Contemporary, classical in form, intimate and spare.
- contemporarynostalgic
- classical in formformally daring
- intimateepic
- sparerichly built
- unpretentiousprestige
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Cast
- Johnny DeppMort Rainey
- John TurturroJohn Shooter
- Maria BelloAmy Rainey
- Timothy HuttonTed Milner
- Charles S. DuttonKen Karsch
- Len CariouSheriff Dave Newsome
- Joan HeneyMrs. Garvey
- John Dunn-HillTom Greenleaf
- Vlasta VranaFire Chief Wickersham
- Matt HollandDetective Bradley
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- David KoeppDirector
- David KoeppScreenplay
- Stephen KingNovel
- Fred MurphyDirector of Photography
- Philip GlassOriginal Music Composer
- Jill SavittEditor
- Gavin PoloneProducer
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